Natsuko Kamigaki

  • Lacquerware
  • Price Range $6,000 - 13,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 6

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    • Category
      Lacquerware
    • Techniques
      Kinma, Lacquered bamboo
    • Based in
      Tokyo
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association

    About the Artist

    Creating Artwork that Reaches Out to Those Who See It

    "Rantai Kinma" is a lacquerware technique where groves are carved into the bamboo woven base painted with urushi lacquer, and color lacquer is applied on the engravements and polished to create beautiful patterns. Natsuko Kamigaki mastered this traditional lacquerware technique and has been selected several times and received the Japan Kōgei Association New Artist Award and many other awards at the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition where the top level artworks in Japan gather. She has been highly evaluated and is receiving much attention. Expressing the gradation and overlapping of colors delicately with various colors of color urushi, Kamigaki's artwork has a unique presence that draws people into the world of her artwork. As she takes on new challenges to create a new style of art while succeeding the traditional techniques, expectations for her future are growing even higher.

    Style

    Producing lacquer art using mainly rantai kinma* techniques and color lacquer.

    *Rantai kinma: engraving the base made of woven bamboo and filling the engraved designs with color lacquer

    Biography

    • 1981
      Born in Tokyo
    • 2004
      Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Science and Engineering
    • 2010
      Completed the Research Student Course at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
    • 2015
      Completed the Research Associate Course Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
    • Currently Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association

    Awards

    • 2013
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 56th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2014
      Received the 7th Kagawa Prefecture Traditional Crafts Matsudaira Public Interest Association Award
    • 2017
      Received the Japan Kogei Association New Artist Award at the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2018
      Received the Takamatsu Art Museum Award at the 35th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the 10th Kagawa Culture and Arts Newcomers Award
    • 2019
      Received the Mitsukoshi Isetan Award at the 59th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2022
      Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 69th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2024
      Received the Incentive Award / Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Incentive Award at the 41st Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

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